Pttlley attachment fob



G. H. WILSON. PULLEY ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLTcAnoN FILED N'ov.13. |915. RENEwED APR. 11. 1918.

1,326,557. Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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G. H. WILSON.

- PULLEY AT TACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. I3, ISIS- RENEWED APR. I7. 1918.

Patented Dec.30,1919.

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GEORGE H. WILSON, F MINNEAPOLIS, MIIESOTA.

PUIJLY ATTACHMENT FOB AUTMOBILES.

'Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Dec. 30, 191.9.

Application led lNovember 13, 1915, Serial No. 61,285. Renewed April 17, 1918. Serial No. 229,201.

To all lwhom it may concer'n:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WiLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pulley Attacliments or Automobiles, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to pulley attachments for automobiles and has for its object to provide a -frame extension which shall constitute a bumpeigvsaid extension being rigidly connected with the frame of the automobile, and to apply to said frame extension a removable bearing system in which is mounted ashaft and a pulley, said shaft embodying one or more universal joints and being coupledto' the crank shaft ofthe engine by a coupling device which also .comprises a starter element for the engine either when the ulley shaft is attached onnot attached. The bumper and pulley supporting frame may be kept permanently upon the 4automobile but the pulley device may readily be attached te and detached from said frame as the san.V is requisite to be used.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of m invention in one forin,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the frame of an automobile showing my bumper with the pulley and ower shaftattached. Fig. 2 is a sectional e evational view takeJn lon line 2--2 of Fig. 1.V Fig. 3 is a pers ectiv, view of the saine part of the automo ile fra. lie as shown in Fig.' 1 including the bumper but with the pulley, shaft and bearings detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional yiew of the starter and'shaft coupler showing the method of attaching the auxiliary shaft. Fig.

of Fig. 1 showing the type of starter used.

'Fig 6 is' a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modilication of the structure shown in that ligure. The bumper element of my invention is clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The

.'frame of an automobile comprising longitu-v dinal membe..AJ 10 and 11 and a transverse member 12 shown having my inventipn attached thereto. A pair of extension beams 13 and 14 are secured at one end to the frame members 10 and 11 by means of bolts 5 is a sectional view taken; on line 5-5 15 and have attached to their otherends a bumper bar 16 bv means of bolts 33. This framework may e made of channel crosssection, as indicated in the drawings, or of other suitable sections, and is braced by rods 17 and 18 attached to the bar- 16 near its center and to the beams 13 and 14 at their ends remote from said bar. Thus a rigid.

bumper of substantial construction is provided which, as noted in Fig. 2, extendsbeyond the front wheels 19 a'sullicient amount so that the bumper bar 16 clears the front wheels. .When the pulley ,attachment is aemovedthe bumper appears as shownin ig. .3. i To the engine shaft 21 is coupled a shaft 25 which is luniversally connected at 23-to a shaft 20, which latter shaft is'itself univerof the engine may be transmitted. As shaft 26 is only supported by one bearing, the bushing 30 of t at bearing is made long to holdsaid shaft rigidly and hence extends within the pulley 22,`.as clearly shown in Fig. 2. A brace rod 31 connects the lower portion of bearing'29 with. a casting 32 secured by the U-bolts 28 against the lower portion of frame member 12, thus reinforcing said bearing.

The cou li for' shafts 21' Vand 25 is shown in, etai in Fig. 4. This serves an additional purpose, namely, as a starter for the engine, the principal features of which are 'shown in Fig. 5. The utility of this arrangement becomes evident inasmuch as it would be diiiicult to erankthe engine from. without with the bumper framework in place. A starting device attachable to the shaft 21, capable of servin as a coupling and operable from the seat 0% the automobile, would hence be requisite in operating the same as :i vehicle. As Seen in Figs. 5 and 4, a cylindrical casting 35 is attached to the shaft 21 b means of a'pin -40' rovided with teeth 42 spirally situated wit respectto the lcenter 41A and. engageable with the periphery of casting to cause said casting` and shaft 21 to rotate with it and said arm 38, in one direction. Counter clockwise rotation of lever 40, 'asviewed in 5, will hence turn over the en ine shaft, the starting, parts being restored to their normal positions by springs 43 and 44. The couplingembodied in this starter is shown in Fig. 4. .X key 45 is set into the casting 35 and Aengages akeyway 46 milled into the endv 'of shaft '25. The key 45 may be of the type shown, which always remains in position, or of any other suitable type. As arranged, shaft 25 may be slid in its coupling and so`-p1e\'ents binding. At the free end of shaft :26. adjacent pullev 22, ma)v lie placed a casting 4T for. use in conjunction with a hand crank for cranking the engine from the shaftQG when the power is usedfor stationary purposes.v This device vis not absolutelyessential' but may be found ilesirablervi In detaching the pulley attachment it only becomes necessary to remove bearings 27 and 29 by loosening bolts 2S and 34.-. The4 brace rod 31 is at'the 'same time loosened and it simplv remains to pullgshaft 25 out of its coupling and pick up the key 4,5. l'n' assembling the device the reverse process is followed and.l due to the universal joints Q3 and 24; the bearings do not have to be care -fully alinea.

modified form of my invention is shown in Fig. (3. ln this form the bumper framework is the same as inthe preferred form, but a single universal coupling 48 is employed connecting shafts -19 and 50. 'The I bearing supporting shaft 50 comprises a bifui-cated supporting member bolted to the bumper' bar 16 having cast integral therewith'a pair of sleeves and 53. Within sleeves 52 and 53 are adjustably positioned through setscrews 54 and 55 bearing bushings 56 and-57. The object of this arrangement is to provide a long bearing for shaft 50 with 'a double support` and the adjusting means included make exact alinement of these two bearings possible. The principal advantage of this form of construetion is that shaft 50 isA of considerable length',so that greater rigidity is procurable.

Iclaim: 1. In combination with the side frame members and the engine crank shaft of an automobile, a pair of extension beams rig# idly secured to said frame members, a transvcise bumper bar secured to the front ends of said beams, a pairlof brace rods secured respectively to said beams near their ends which are remote from said bumper bar and secured to said bar near its center, a bearing removablysecured to said bumper bar, a shaft in said bearing in alincment with said crank shaft and connected thereto, a pulley secured to said shaft .outside of said bumper bar, and a coupling uniting said shaft. with the crankV shaft.

:2. In combination with the side frame members, the front transverse frame member and the engine crank shaft of an automobile, a `pair of extension beams rigidly secured to se id side frame members, s. transe verse bumper bar secured to the front ends of said beams, a pair of brace rods secured respectively to vsaid beams near their ends which are remote from said bumper bar and secured to said bar near its center, a bearing removably secured to said bumper bar, a brace rod connectingsaid bearing with said transverse frame member, a shaft in said bearing in alinement with said crank shaft and connecte-d thereto, a pulley secured to said shaft outside of saidbumper bar, and a1 coupling uniting said shaft with the crank s iaft.

3. In combination with the side frame members and the engine'crank shaft of an automobile, a pair of extension bars rigidly secured to'said frame members, a transverse bumper bar secured to the front ends of said. beams, a bearing removably securel to said bulnper bar, -a. shaft in said bearingl in alinementwith said crank shaft` a pulle)- secured to said shaftoutside of said bumper bar, a coupling uniting said shaft with said crank lshaft. an arm rotatably mounted on said eouplig, and a lever pivot/ed to said arm, said lever having teeth adapted to engage said couplingwhen the leve is turned in one direction, and disengage said cou- `phng when the lever is turned in the other 

